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"Willingham says, “It is self-defeating to give all of your students the same work. The less capable students will find it too difficult and will struggle against their brain’s bias to mentally walk away from the schoolwork. To the extent that you can, it’s smart; I think to assign work to individuals or groups of students that is appropriate to their current level of competence.” Differentiation. “…the fact is they are behind the others and giving them work that is beyond them is unlikely to help them catch up, and I ask you to read that quotation again, because it halts me every time. Our current practices in English classrooms may contribute to our students’ lack of progress in reading. Willingham suggests that we are giving student’s work that is likely to make them When our curriculum is consistently too difficult for the readers we have, we’ll send them on to our colleagues at the next grade level in a worse place than we received them."Penny Kittle: Book Love The Differentiated Book ClubBook Clubs CombineReader Response TheoryHow do students choose what they want to read?What are book clubs?Expressing and exploring each reader's experience of the textdialogue with the textdialogue with another readerdialogue with a community of readersLiterature of Exploration - Louise RosenblattCooperative LearningWorking together to construct knowledgepositive interdependence individual accountabilityface-to-face interactionsocial skillsprocessingAuthentic AssessmentAssessment that is derived from the kinds of experiences that exist in "real life"a reflection on the individual and communal experience of the textDifferentiated InstructionAccording to student:interestreadinesslearning profileTeachers differentiate through:contentproductprocesslearning environmentYoung adolescents learn best when they work with their peers in cooperative settings where they interact actively with the materials and with each other. Literature circles, paired readings, dialogue journals, creative dramatics, reader's theatre, and other strategies that bring students into situations where they learn not only from the teacher but also from each other are the most effective structures..."Understanding Middle School StudentsLinda RobinsonThese practices, which are often a part of response-centered classrooms, facilitate the students' move from their own limited view of the world to a broader view, encourage a sociocentric perspective, allow them to practice new reasoning skills, and give them the opportunity to hear one another's thoughts.Understanding Middle School StudentsLinda RobinsonWhat do students do during book clubs?book passreading cardsevidence-based paragraphsannotate textBook Clubs combine the best of...AnnotationsAssessment OF Learning5 strategies directed by the teacher - reading strategies on demand5 strategies that are the students' choice- authentic application of reading strategies 1 mark for correct identification of the strategy2 marks for the quality of the strategyAssessment AS learningstudents comment on the strategies they find most helpful to make meaning of text & how they used the strategies to fix- up meaningAssessment FOR Learningwhat strategies do students use most oftenwhat strategies do they shy away fromreading strategies on demandauthentic application of reading strategiesRachel Cooke Instructional Leader: English/Literacy TDSB

What are annotations?Reading Strategiespredictingactivating background knowledgesummarizinginferringvisualizingconnectingasking questionssynthesizingmetacognitionthe thinking readers do as they read how readers negotiate textmakes the invisible, visibleUnwind by Neal Shusterman

“There are places you can go,” Ariana tells him, “and a guy as smart as you has a decent chance of surviving to eighteen.” Connor isn’t so sure, but looking into Ariana’s eyes makes his doubts go away, if only for a moment. Her eyes are sweet violet with streaks of gray. She’s such a slave to fashion – always getting the newest pigment injection the second it’s in style. Connor was never into that. He’s always kept his eyes the colour they came in. Brown. He never even got tattoos, like so many kids get these days when they’re little. The only colour on his skin is the tan it takes during the summer, but now, in November, that tan has long faded. He tries not to think about the fact that he’ll never see the summer again. At least not as Connor Lassiter. He still can’t believe that his life is being stolen from him at sixteen.Simon & Schuster2007ISBN: 978 1 4169 1205 7Obvious Annotationstend to be literal, on-the-linesThoughtful Annotationsconsider the intersection of reading strategieshigher level thinkingtend to include inferencesUnwind by Neal Shusterman

“There are places you can go,” Ariana tells him, “and a guy as smart as you has a decent chance of surviving to eighteen.” Connor isn’t so sure, but looking into Ariana’s eyes makes his doubts go away, if only for a moment. Her eyes are sweet violet with streaks of gray. She’s such a slave to fashion – always getting the newest pigment injection the second it’s in style. Connor was never into that. He’s always kept his eyes the colour they came in. Brown. He never even got tattoos, like so many kids get these days when they’re little. The only colour on his skin is the tan it takes during the summer, but now, in November, that tan has long faded. He tries not to think about the fact that he’ll never see the summer again. At least not as Connor Lassiter. He still can’t believe that his life is being stolen from him at sixteen.Who is speaking?directly-stated questionWhy would he only survive until eighteen?inference questionAriana shops a lot.obvious inferenceThis novel is set in the future.thoughtful inferenceI see a guy with brown eyes, no tatoos and a faded tan.obvious visualizationI think Connor is White because he speaks of his tan fading in the fall.thoughtful visualization with an inferenceResources for Establishing Amazing Book Clubsavailable free on lineiLit.cacoming this fall: iSkillsis likely to make them fall still further behind.""fall still further behind."